The Three Rings company has some splainin' to do...

Tho not rly, but yeah.

Will leave the links for you to check out, if you're interested.
As you've heard, what you don't know can't hurt you.. but, there's a history trying to be buried here.
However, it is apparent that the future of Haven is in question due to this issue:

Spoiler:

https://www.youtube.com/user/Nusqual#p/u/0/rYeqB8E4R24
- The whole story can be read in the description of his video "Spiral Knight - Boycott" and his channel announcements, updated with feedback about each of Three Rings' updates

http://forums.spiralknights.com/en/node/8737?page=1#comment-47010
- Nusqual/Magnus also mentions this post which gives a thesis on the issue


You can research the rest for yourself...
It's becoming more and more obvious that we're not unaffected by this (i.e. current events).